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“Madam, I asked if there was anything else I could do for you?” The man said as he cleared his throat, waking Anna from her thoughts.

“No, but thank you for your help.” Anna answered softly as she gave him some coins for his help.

Anna knew her sister would awaken around noon as usual and find the note she had left explaining everything. By the time she read the letter, the ship would have left port four hours earlier. She just hoped her family would someday come to understand the decision she had made.

She looked at the roster which was posted on a board on the docks which held the names of each lady and which ship she was to travel on. A man at the dock told her all the other women had arrived before daylight. He also told her that she would be the last woman to board before the ship left port, but that there were at least two more passengers waiting to be taken on board the ship she was on.

Anna sat on her trunk while she waited, looking at the two gentlemen who were talking in a huddle. She couldn’t see their faces well, but she saw that the taller man, she heard called Edward, had long sandy blond hair, pulled back with a tie. The other man whose name she heard called Henry, was shorter and stockier than Edward, and had shoulder length dark brown hair. Feeling a little more than curious about the men she thought to question them, but didn’t want to draw any attention to herself.

(Check tomorrow for part 5 of Chapter 2…)